October 14, 2009
02:30 PM (EDT)

News Release Number: STScI-2009-27

Hubble Project Pioneer Rodger Doxsey Passes Away

October 14, 2009: Dr. Rodger Doxsey, head of the Space Telescope Science Institute's (STScI) Hubble
Mission Office, passed away on October 13 after a prolonged illness. The New York
native was 62 years old.

Doxsey oversaw Hubble science operations at STScI in Baltimore, Md., for nearly three
decades. Astronomers credit Doxsey for being one of the key Hubble program people
who had a working knowledge of the extremely complex Hubble Space Telescope from
top to bottom. Doxsey dedicated his career to making Hubble a success, working closely
with the scientists and engineers at the institute that operate the telescope, the engineers
at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., and the scientists from around
the world who use the telescope.